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共 60 段- A century and a half passed away; and then came the second g
- Thus, while the Protestant reformation proceeded rapidly at
- The geographical frontier between the two religions has cont
- But we should be justly chargeable with gross inconsistency
- All this was overlooked. The saints were to inherit the eart
- It is curious to trace the history of the intercourse which
- The storm raged. The bishops put forth a solemn censure of t
- The great lady buried her friend with a pomp seldom seen at
- "Thou hill, whose brow the antique structures grace,
- He remained four years in England. Of his life at this time
- In the meantime, Hastings was compelled to turn his attentio
- Hastings was supported by Barwell. They had not always been
- Colonel Macleane, who through all this conflict had zealousl
- The members of the government were, on this subject, united
- In taking these strong measures, Hastings scarcely showed hi
- It must be added that, while engaged in this most arduous ta
- From the ministry, therefore, Hastings had every reason to e
- The session was now within ten days of its close. It was, th
- Only twenty-nine Peers voted. Of these only six found Hastin
- But the mind of Frederic William was so ill regulated that a
- Even if no positive stipulations on this subject had existed
- Prussia was again at peace; but the European war lasted till
- Frederic had a keen eye for the foibles of others, and loved
- She early succeeded by various arts in obtaining the adhesio
- It was the eighteenth of June,--a day which, if the Greek su
- A day of thanksgiving was proclaimed by the King, and was ce
- Though the world saw and heard little of Madame D'Arblay dur
- The ambition of the poet was still unsubdued. When the Londo
- Among the distinguished persons to whom she had been introdu
- The truth is that she had been too long at Court. She was si
- It is the same with the characters of men. Here, too, the va
- An offence punishable with imprisonment is, in this language
- "Jamque acies inter medias sese arduus infert
- At Genoa, still ruled by her own Doge, and by the nobles who
- Soon after the Campaign, was published Addison's Narrative o
- Steele had been appointed Gazetteer by Sunderland, at the re
- We say this of Addison alone; for Addison is the Spectator.
- Addison did not remain long in Ireland. In 1715 he quitted h
- While poor Sir Richard was brooding over what he considered
- This is the view which we have long taken of Barere's charac
- "Si canimus sylvas, sylvae sint Consule dignae."
- Barere, as we have said, sided with the Mountain on this occ
- On the day on which the fallen Queen was dragged, already mo
- After this, it would be idle to dwell on facts which would i
- The first attack which was made on Robespierre was indirect.
- Barere had been about three years at Bordeaux when he receiv
- Bonaparte, who had never loved the men of the Reign of Terro
- M. Hippolyte Carnot asserts that a motion similar to that of
- Such was the posture of affairs when, on the twenty-fifth of
- Pitt, who did not love Legge, saw this event with indifferen
- Bute's heart began to fail him. The Houses were about to mee
- He began by making war on the press. John Wilkes, member of
- His Majesty's natural resentment showed itself in every look
- We have now come to a part of our story which, admiring as w
- Some were half inclined to suspect that he was, to use a mil
- Aristotle, his unrivalled excellence in analysis and combina
- Coote, Sir Eyre, sent to India, iii. 166.
- Hampden, John, review of Lord Nugent's Memorials of, ii. 1.
- Nuncomar, candidate for minister of Bengal, his character, i
- Temple, Sir William, review of Courtenay's Memoirs of, ii. 4